After three games on the road, Valley Vista is heading back home. They will square off against the Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Valley Vista: 14.5, Mountain Ridge: 5.8) so any points scored will be well earned.
Valley Vista will head into Thursday's match out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Thursday after soaring to a 24-point game in their last game. They fell just short of West Point by a score of 14-12.
Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 27-0 win over the Stallions. The result was nothing new for the Mountain Lions, who have now won six matchups by 27 points or more so far this season.
It was another big night for Cameron Mailloux, who rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and also threw for 102 yards and two touchdowns. Those 170 rushing yards gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kaliyahna Baldwin, who picked up 48 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Mountain Ridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Mailloux and Aleise Lewis. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Mailloux posted at least 109 rushing yards in the fifth games prior.
Valley Vista's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-4. As for Mountain Ridge, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
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